Senior Firmware Manager

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Sr. Firmware Manager will be involved in the firmware design and implementation for renewable energy products such as photovoltaic (PV) inverters, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, energy storage systems, and system communication.

The ideal candidate is both a skilled individual contributor and an adept team leader, especially as we pursue rapid expansion, and should possess expert-level proficiency in writing C software for microcontrollers. We strongly favor candidates with prior experience in power electronics systems, as well as exposure to renewable energy, EV charging, and energy storage.

 The responsibilities for this role include developing firmware using C code and ensuring the delivery of high-quality embedded code. Additionally, the candidate will play a crucial role in designing the software architecture.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a firmware/software team to develop and validate product firmware.
• Hire, train, mentor, and manage a team of highly skilled development and validation engineers.
• Manage team development schedules and resources.
• Support design reviews and DFMEA activities.
• Lead your team to build advanced simulation and validation capabilities.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define and develop internally and externally requested features
• Develop and debug low-level real-time and low-latency firmware in C.
• Board bring-up, debug, test, and code optimization.
• Ability for software integration and troubleshooting.
• Implement control algorithms for power electronics products.
• Design and implement protocols for system communications of new products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (electrical, mechanical, controls).
• Write software specifications and design documents.
• Generate and maintain accurate project schedules and timelines. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
 

• 7+ years of professional firmware development experience, including leading a team
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Expertise in developing firmware for Power Electronics applications
• Familiar with basics of Power Electronics
• Develop, and debug low-level real-time and low-latency firmware in C and software fundamentals
• Experience with the embedded systems and communication protocols and their drivers 
  Implement control algorithms for power electronics products
• Ability to debug complex system-level issues and drive solutions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Support the development of DFMEA.
• Advanced experience with scripting languages (Python or shell).
• Familiarity with ARM Cortex microprocessor cores.
• Familiarity with Typhoon HIL.

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. (“HQCA”) is a Qcells company, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and providers of solar photovoltaic (PV) products and solutions.  Headquartered in Irvine, California, HQCA has been rapidly expanding its business in North America through the expansion of products and solutions, including distributed energy solutions, direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing, and EPC services.  We provide an opportunity to be part of an exciting and growing world-class global business in an interesting and expanding industry of the future.